A pro-Palestine encampment at a Victorian university has been ordered to disband immediately due to “unacceptable behaviour”. Deakin University deputy vice-chancellor Kerrie Parker ordered the “immediate dismantling and removal of the current encampment” at its Burwood campus, in an email to organisers on Monday evening. “Your ability to undertake protest, political discourse and debate on […]
The Cambridge for Palestine group set out a list of demands they want the University of Cambridge to meet
A group of students, staff, alumni, and other Cambridge residents have set up tents on King's College lawns
Monash students say they have been threatened with suspension while protests continue around AustraliaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastClasses have been cancelled for thousands of University of Melbourne students while protesters at Deakin University defied a second order to disband their pro-Palestine encampments as they vowed they would “not be moved” until their demands were met.On Wednesday,...
Hundreds of pro-Israel students and community members gathered to protest “terrorist support” on campus Sunday afternoon, as pro-Palestine demonstrators congregated to “defend” the student encampment at White Plaza. Though protestors chanted and carried flags on both sides, both groups dispersed without incident after several hours.
A second major university has moved to shut down a pro-Palestine encampment. Australian National University in Canberra told students to prepare to vacate the camp after a meeting was held with organisers on Wednesday. “The university has communicated its expectations… ANU expects participants to follow these reasonable directions,” a spokeswoman said. ACT’s National Tertiary Education […]
Communities across Australia face the possibility of heightened social unrest as supporters of Palestine call for an escalation in protest action. Activist group Disrupt Wars is urging demonstrators to “shut down your city for Palestine” on Wednesday to mark the 76th anniversary of The Catastrophe. Known in Arabic as The Nakba, the ethnic cleansing episode […]
A group of pro-Palestinian protesters who disrupted a University of Windsor senate meeting last week has set up an encampment on campus, requesting supplies as they dig in until administrators answer their demands. The demonstrations began Thursday with protesters calling for university administration to financially divest from organizations that benefit or support Israel. “We’re not […]
Several hundred demonstrators took over the main University of Amsterdam building on the Roeterseiland campus on Monday afternoon, as the pro-Palestine protests continued. The university authorities have alerted the police and called on everyone who is not part of the protest group to leave the building. They have also closed the Maagdenhuis administration offices in the city centre as a precaution. According to broadcaster NOS, mayor Femke Halsema is currently discussing the situation with...
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. Thursday marks day five of the encampment set up at the Burke Science building field at McMaster University. McMaster University’s academic vice president says the university has received a “confrontational” letter from the group that set up the pro-Palestinian encampment on campus. The university says they received the letter on Wednesday. READ MORE: McMaster pro-Palestinian […]
Police removed a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Chicago in Hyde Park Tuesday morning.
(The Center Square) – An encampment in the middle of the University of Washington campus has grown in size as the school shows no signs of meeting the protesters’ demands. Demonstrators are demanding UW divest from Israel, cut ties with Boeing, and end repression of pro-Palestine students, faculty and staff. The students join others across the U.S. in making similar demands. Approximately 1,000 students have been arrested nationwide since a pro-Palestinian protest...